The Georgy Hut (
Romansh: ''Chamanna Georgy'',
German
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: ''Georgyhütte'' or ''Georgy's Hütte'') is a
mountain hut
A mountain hut is a building located at high elevation, in mountainous terrain, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineering, mountaineers, climbing, climbers and Hiking, hikers. Mountain huts are us ...
in the
Swiss Alps
The Alps, Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main Physica ...
, located on
Piz Languard, above
Pontresina
Pontresina () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Maloja Region in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
History and name
Pontresina was first mentioned in medieval Latin documents as ''ad Pontem Sa ...
. At 3,175 metres above sea level, it is the highest mountain hut in the canton of
Graubünden.
See also
*
List of buildings and structures above 3000 m in Switzerland
References
*
Swisstopo
Swisstopo is the official name for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography, Switzerland's national mapping agency.
The current name was made official in 2002. It had been used as the domain name for the homepage of the instituteswisstopo.admi ...
topographic maps
External links
Official websiteGeorgy Hut on Hikr
Mountain huts in Switzerland
Buildings and structures in Graubünden
Mountain huts in the Alps
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